The Tennis Context Part of the fun of any tournament is the context in which it lives. Each match is bound and secured by specific conditions relative to a precise moment in time. There are always, in every match, unique factors involved, whether it’s the birth of a child and a player’s renewed perspective,

Until recently, the USTA National Tennis Center was sitting pretty in the NY sports facility game, and they were looking pretty good around the tennis world, as well. “Five to seven years ago, we felt like we were one of, if not the pre-emininent, facility in New York,” Said Gordon Smith, the USTA’s executive director